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Sheinbaum Sticks to Realistic Commitments as Farmer and Trucker Blockades Persist

The president frames negotiations around budget limits through a tripartite maize support plan.

Overview

  • Highway blockades that began on November 24 continued across multiple states as of November 26.
  • Protest leaders called the latest Interior Ministry talks a failure and said demonstrations would go on.
  • Claudia Sheinbaum said her government will make only deliverable commitments and rejected entering into unrealistic agreements.
  • The federal response centers on a three‑party scheme with buyers and state governments and on distinguishing Mexican white maize from cheaper U.S. yellow maize after a sharp international price drop.
  • Sheinbaum pointed to a 2026 plan allocating roughly one trillion pesos to welfare programs, said fixed priorities limit sweeping price guarantees, and pledged to later disclose major water concession holders.